Jack Kevorkian’s ‘Deathmobile’ on loan at Southfield-area pawn shop

In this April 2010 file photo, Karen Laszlo stands next to the Volkswagen van once owned by Jack Kevorkian. The vehicle commonly known as the “Deathmobile” is on loan at a pawn shop near Southfield. Oakland Press file photo

The van once dubbed the “Deathmobile” was purchased by a local businessman who collects unique items and has been making payments on the van he purchased for $25,000 last year, according to the New York Daily News.

“That has to be one of the strangest items (we’ve) ever taken in,” Les Gold, owner of American Jewelry and Loan in Detroit, told the Daily News.